Advent Book
By Jeremy Silvernail Page 1Advent Week 3 Mary bounced with the donkey’s stride, She sighed as she looked at her belly - so wide! She was proud she was going to be a mommy, But…
Tag: Blessed Virgin Mary
What Maid is This
By Amanda Pizzolatto What Maid is this, so gentle and mild, Upon whom God is constantly smiling? And to whom is sent, a questioning announcement, To see if she would be willing. This, this…
Ipswich, Willesden and Walsingham: Three Marian Shrines in Sixteenth Century England
Everyone likes a mystery. The story I am going to tell has elements of a good detective story: statues revered for centuries, royal agents bent on destruction of images, traditionalists trying to preserve sacred objects…
Ten Knots Along a Cord
A trewe swinkere and a good was he, Lyvynge in pees and parfit charitee -Chaucer’s Prologue See the plowman walking home from the fields. He plods along with the pace of centuries. There is…
Annunciation: A Drama Workshop Idea
(Mary has woken in the early hours of the morning to pray and go about her household chores. The room is dimly lit.) GABRIEL “Hail, child immaculate, most highly favoured.” MARY (afraid) “Who calls out…
Salaam, Maryam
It was a simple clay building, with little pomp or decoration. A single girl dwelled within, and the locals called her Blessed Maryam for her piety. Now, at the dawning of the day, she held…
Queen of the World: Varda as the Image of Our Lady
The image of Varda as a representation of Saint Mary the Virgin, Jesus’ mother, is clear. As Tolkien asserted, her character was “clearly related to Catholic devotion to [Saint] Mary” (Carpenter, 2006, p. 288), who…
Mary, Fatima, and the Sacred Feminine
In the month of May, Catholics focus particular attention on the role of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the life of faith. On May 13th, the feast of Our Lady of Fatima is observed, commemorating…
The Lady Waits
~ by Amanda Pizzolatto An angel comes to EarthWith a very special message to a Virgin who lives under the temple’s patronage.The angel has an important question,one only She can answer;will she become the Messiah’s…
A Tree For Mary: An Islamic Nativity Reflection
The Bible and the Qur’an describe the birth of Jesus with different details, and to find the story of a blessed tree associated with Jesus’ birth, one must look to the Qur’an. First, the annunciation…